Bag-fastener.



M. B. WEINSTEIN.

BAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1912.

1,032,456. Patented July 16, 1912.

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Wblmmeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE? MORRIS B. WEINSTEIN, O'F STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

BAG-FASTENEB.

Application filed Marc To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MoRms B. WEINSTEIN,

' .a citizen of the United States, residing at sealed without the use of cord, twine, or the like.

The invention also has for its object an improved construction of bag fastener of the type embodying pliable sealing tongues that are secured to the top port-ion of the bag at the mouth thereof and that are adapted to be folded around the side edges of the bag after the mouth portion has been folded upon itself one or more times as desired, the parts being so arranged that there will be very little if any liability to tear the bag. And the invention also aims to generally improve devices of this class and to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a sack or bag equipped with my improved fastening devices. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale, the section being taken on the line 2+2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the sealing tongues detached, and, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the mouth portion of the bag in closed or sealed condition.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the accompanying drawings by like reference characters. I

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates abag which is preferably formed of paper, although it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in this re gard, and 2 designates sealing tongues which are secured to the exterior wall of the bag Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

h 16, 1912. Serial No. 684,315.

or sack near the mouth rim thereof as clearly illustrated in the drawings. Each ofthe locking tongues is composed of a" relatively narrow strip of metal or other pliable substance or material and is formed near one end with punched out tangs 3 that are clenched through the wall of the bag and bent down on the inner side thereof, said tangs penetrating reinforcing strips 4 that are disposed on the inner side of the bag and that are preferably formed of light pasteboard or other similar material of somewhat heavier stock than the material out of which the bag itself is formed. By means of these reinforcing strips tendency of the tongues 2 to tear out is reduced to a minimum.

From as much of the description as has preceded in connection with the accompanying drawings. it will be understood that in the use of a bag or sack constructed in accordance with my invention, after the contents have been poured into the sack, the mouth rim thereof is folded upon itself. along transverse lines, as shown, any desired number of times, and the relatively free ends of the sealing-tongues 2 are then bent down around the side of the sack and crimped or pinched so as to securely hold the mouth in sealed condition. Preferably each of the tongues is formed at both ends with relatively short spurs 5, designed to penetrate the material of the bag so as to assist in holding the mouth sealed and to also further reduce the liability of the tongues tearing away.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple bag or sack and fastening devices therefor which may be cheaply manuing tongues 2 are secured to the face of one:

of the intermediate plies of bellows folds;

Consequently, the sealing tongues will be protected when the bags or sacks are in their flat condition and are handled as such, so as to avoid any liability of becoming accidentally detached, the tongues interfering in no wise with the operation of opening the sack to its fullest extent, as is manifest. It is also to be noted that by having the sealing tongues 2 separate and distinct from each I other and laterally spaced from each other,v

as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, the bag or sack may be folded along a longitu nal line, ifrdesired, which would not be possible orpractical if the two tongues were composed of a single strip of metal extending entirely across the bag or front face of the sack. Furthermore, by havin the two seal-' ing tongues separate and distlnct from each other, theytmay be secured in between the bellows folds which, of course, is not possible with a construction where the sealing tongues are composed of a single or integral strip extending entirely across the bag.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, the here- 1n descrlbed bag of the bellows type'provided near its mouth with separate and distinct sealing tongues, said tonguesbeing secured to the inner bellows foldsof the sack at the side and of a length to project outwardly beyond said folds.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiir signature in the presence of two witnesses. MORRIS B .,WEINSTEIN. Witnesses:

FRED M. COLEMAN, J ULIlA I. COLEMAN. 

